by Lawrence Cooper | Oct 9, 2019 | Comox Valley Poet Laureate, Comox Valley Poetry, Newsletter, Poetry Presentations
It seems to be a fad today to write poetry without upper case letters and punctuation, perhaps some sort of statement against traditional poetry and the establishment, etc, etc.. We would not even consider submitting an essay without these conventions, so why do we...
by Lawrence Cooper | Oct 8, 2019 | Blog, Comox Valley Poet Laureate, Comox Valley Poetry, Newsletter, Poetry
The Cascadia Poetry Festival was held this past weekend in Cumberland. I had the privilege to be a small part of a session called “A Village and Forest Walking Tour”. The tour was conducted by Meaghan Cursons who led us through the dark corners of the historic sadness...
by Lawrence Cooper | Oct 1, 2019 | Comox Valley Poet Laureate, Comox Valley Poetry, Newsletter, Poetry, Poetry Presentations
I attended a poetry afternoon on September 24 in Parksville presented by Word Storm Society of the Arts out of Nanaimo. Canadian sound, visual, and performance poet, Bill Bissett, performed selections from his latest collection, ‘breth”. He was joined by...
by Lawrence Cooper | Sep 24, 2019 | Comox Valley Poet Laureate, Comox Valley Poetry, Poetry Presentations
Just a reminder that Poet’s Pub Night is this coming Monday, September 30, from 7 to 9 pm, at the Cornerstone Taproom on Fifth and Cliff. The theme for this month is 100 Thousand Poets for Change. If you have poems you want posted at the pub you can drop them...
by Lawrence Cooper | Sep 24, 2019 | Comox Valley Poet Laureate, Comox Valley Poetry, Newsletter, Poetry, Poetry Presentations
I had the privilege of being the guest presenter at the Comox Valley Writers Society opening session this past week on Thursday, September 19, in the library at Mark R. Isfeld Secondary School. I was impressed with the turnout of close to thirty people out of a...
by Lawrence Cooper | Sep 17, 2019 | Blog, Comox Valley Poet Laureate, Comox Valley Poetry, Newsletter, Poetry
Pub Night for Poets is shaping up. After a meeting last week with Cornerstone Taproom staff and members of our CVPL committee, I finally feel that we are gaining some traction. We now have a team to make these nights fun and profitable, hopefully for the Taproom...
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